Received: from sun8.loc.gov ([140.147.249.48]) by loc.gov; Fri, 18 Aug 2000 08:55:41 -0400 Received: from loc.gov (nt3.loc.gov [140.147.127.29]) by sun8.loc.gov (8.8.8+Sun/8.8.8) with SMTP id IAA02757; Fri, 18 Aug 2000 08:59:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from LCHub-Message_Server by loc.gov with Novell_GroupWise; Fri, 18 Aug 2000 08:55:34 -0400 Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]> X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 5.2 Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 08:59:01 -0400 From: "Peggy Bulger" <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] Subject: Convention Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline In case you all are not C-Span watchers and didn't catch last night's Democratic Convention activities, I just wanted to report that we had a small presence! Before Kristen introduced her mother, Mark O'Conner came out and played the fiddle with a bunch of Suzuki kids . . . the jumbotron then flashed photos of Al Gore, Sr. back in his Tennessee farming days. The announcer stated that Al Gore Sr was a farmer and fiddle-player and he loved music . . . "this is a recording of Al Gore Sr playing his fiddle in 1928" (it actually was at the 1938 National Folk Festival). . . then the recording that we burned for Al Gore (and used on the Soldier's Joy site) was played, with the announcer talking about Al Gore being a better fiddle player than his opponent and the Al Gore Band playing "Soldier's Joy" . . . then a segue to Mark O'Connor and the kids playing "Soldier's Joy". Also, as Tipper was announced, she was drummed onto the stage by Board member, Mickey Hart. Peggy :>) Peggy A. Bulger, Director American Folklife Center Library of Congress 101 Independence Ave, SE Washington, DC 20540-4610 (202) 707-1745 FAX (202) 707-2076 [log in to unmask] http://lcweb.loc.gov/folklife/